Josh–After our time in Dublin was over we headed southwest to start seeing the rest of the country and one of our first stops was a hike in Wicklow. We started at a big lake that was super reflective and we walked along it for a while before we reached the climbing part of the…
Blake-Me, mom and Josh travelled to learn how to play 3 different Gaelic games. Halle chose to sleep in. The three Gaelic games were hurling, Gaelic football, and hand ball. We would be taught the culture behind the games and how much of an influence they were in Ireland. The professional players of Gaelic football…
On our way back to Dublin we stopped for a tour of Nowth and Newgrange. These ancient burial sites are older than the pyramids! It is a Neolithic passage grave, and Knowth contains more than a third of the total number of examples of megalithic art in all of Western Europe. Most of these are…
Josh-On the second day of our Ireland trip we drove from our hotel in Belfast all the way to the top of Northern Ireland to go coasteering, one of things I was most excited to do on this trip. When we got there we put on our swimsuits and we were each given wetsuits and…
A few things I don’t want to forget from our trip: Halle said the soundtrack for Iceland is Lord of the Rings. For Scotland it’s Harry Potter, and Ireland is How to Train your Dragon. I think she’s spot on. “It’s a wee bit slippy.”When the Irish people welcome you, they don’t say, “Welcome to…